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HENRrSEYMoURnoBBINs, or 'NEWTON FALLS, OHIO.

y Laim Patent No. 80,012, dated Juzg 14, 1858.

i IMPROVBD DEVICE FOR STRWBBRRY-GULTURE.

Y die Stimuli-referierte int time' tettcrsttet una matting ign-tt ni thetime.

TO 'ALL WHOMIT MAY'CNQERNE Be it known that I, HENRY SEYMOUR Ronnms, ofNewton Falls, iu the county of Trumbull, and State ofA Ohio, haveinvented a. new and valuable Improvement in Devices for` Promoting theCulture of Strawberries; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull, clear,' and exact description ofthe construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part ot'this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon; The nature ofmy invention 'consists in constructing plates ofearthern cfa square form, dishing down-l wards towards the centre, atwhich poiritl leave an opening, suHciently-large to allow for thepassage upward: and growth of the plant.A My device also provides forraising said plate/from theground, by means of project tions on thelower sides of two sides of the plate, and perforations in the plate, toallow for the circulation et air thereunderf.' Y, i' 'I l Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation rof'my device, standing on'anangleofabout-forty degrees with the ground,andV l Figure 2 is a sectionalview thereof. v Y The main plate, A, isa squaredishof fire-proof clay,burned in a kiln to a blue body, and is about one foot in diameter, moreor less, audab'out one and a half inch in thickness. It is made dishingdownward toward the centre, as shown on iig. 2, in order to 'gatherrains and dews, and convey th'em to the main bodyiand stalks 0f theplant. v 1' e Letter B is an'opening inthe centre of the plate, of fouror fire inches in diameter,and the periphery of the same is reduced toabontvone-fourth of an inehin thickness, thereby forming an .inclinedplane from the base of the-rixii to said opening. The opening, B, isdesigned to receive the strawberryfplant;Y

Letters C arc openings or perforations in the plate, of about one-fourthofan inch in diameter, and are designed Vtol promotethe circulation ofair below the plate. i The lettersl) are `projections of the rim of theplate downward, on two sides thereof, theobject of which is to keep thelplate from the ground whenever it is desirable so to do, and therebysecure properventilation for the plant.

My device, when applied, forms an earthen covering or pavement for theentire strawberrye'bed. It saves thelabor of weeding, saves the creepersfrom taking root, keeps the plants moisteneitiie'frnit free from theimpurities of the earth, and aids materiallyV in bringing it tomaturity.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- A plate for strawberry-culture, constructed in the form herein shownand described, and B and C, and projections D, combined and arrangedsubstantially as specified.

HENRY SEYMOUR ROBBIN S.

having apertures Witnesses: t

JOHN F. BEAVER, VPETER M; I IARDnt/IAN,V

